Pete Rizzo

Pete Rizzo was CoinDesk's editor-in-chief until September 2019. Prior to joining CoinDesk in 2013, he was an editor at payments news source PYMNTS.com.

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Japan Exchange Group: Distributed Ledgers 'Better' With Third Parties

A new report from Japan Exchange Group (JPX) contends that distributed ledgers will work 'better' if third parties are involved.

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Insurance Giant MetLife Joins R3 Blockchain Consortium

MetLife has announced it will join banking consortium R3CEV.

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Blockchain Startup Symbiont Adds Ex-Morgan Stanley Director

Former Morgan Stanley managing director Caitlin Long has joined blockchain startup Symbiont as president and chairman of the board.

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Bitcoin Tipping Platform Zapchain to Shut Down

Bitcoin-based social network Zapchain has announced it will close effective 31st August.

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MIT Study Reveals New Data on Free Bitcoin Airdrop

A new study by MIT researchers has provided details on a free bitcoin giveaway conducted at the US university in 2014.

Research conducted by Gartner is predicting a 50 percent increase in overall data quality by 2023

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Bitfury Research Shines Light on Bitcoin Privacy Weaknesses

A new Bitfury white paper aims to advance the study of how bitcoins sent using certain privacy-enhancing techniques can be traced to participants.

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Digital Asset to Open Source Smart Contract Language

Digital Asset Holdings has announced it intends to open-source DAML, the smart contracting language it acquired from startup Elevence.

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Unknown Bidder Buys $1.6 Million in Bitcoin at US Government Auction

A winning bidder has claimed 2,700 BTC (worth $1.58m) at an auction held by the US Marshals Service (USMS).

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Sberbank Considers Russian Blockchain Consortium

One of Russia's largest banks is in discussions to join a domestic bank consortium that would study blockchain technology.

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Bitfinex to Offer Company Equity to Reimburse Customer Losses

Bitfinex customers may soon have a way to convert the digital assets they were issued following the exchange's hack earlier this month.

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